New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-08

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-. GOO vIil which 10 establish llnmh",.i iteh'
CURED D., % A. prcsrn, lclus ,rrnasly threatened
ihai a, believed = VII hc o'rriit"Nh ,} Vac I y,
II ,o rculncc - pamrlico Point light huus", No-'h
Carolina Wlrh 'hi- asked last year y "' ''a''a
nat 70 has been forced "a dlscoutiuu" th" glt, hN'h
H. the Inconvenience ~ tie commerce - TIC Sonml
Should 10 replaced the earliest iay prac,chhl'
ont he whole OF tho Light House - Gblishmont to
the complete exclusion OF lard OIL the inihlha t"
crcasfur tho celebrity of lighting aud the certainty Of
maintaining lights in thu colder Part, 81 our coasts
itc crampcd quarters and peclny rs 10 the dancer
10 iis archvcs. and rs need Tor special building for
Tho need shown hy lhr Board for 'glt house ana
bnnv dcuos IN the Hight house districts established
under tho authority Of recent laws seems to demand
Tho loss Of the light house schooner MIsuoncttc"
IN the hurricane Of September -, 1857, mhkcs II
necessary that an carly appropriation DO made for
supplying her place
COAST AND GEoDhrIC SURVEY.
The progress Of the work has been commensurate
with the afforded by Congress. although ncccs.
sary restricted by the large reductions IA the est
mates approved by the Department.
Filed operations, including r9ngulation and tcpOg
rnply astronomy and magnetic work, were carried
within the limits tho coasts Of twenty seven
States three Territories aud IN the piSct OF COlum
hia. photographs surveys were prosecuted IN tho
waters ct the coasts Oi seventeen states and two
Territories.
Effort was concentrated in pushing to completion
important surveys already IN progress aud Ia begin
ming those mperatvcy demanded by lie Interests Of
commerce and navigation special attention was given
It's shoals tho completion Of t6c ro,nrveys Of Long
Island sound acl OF Ne~York IIArbor and Us APP
81 shoals IN Delaware River aud bay to tho lnvest
cation Of the currents Of the Gull Stream TO resnr'
ycys Of the haIDors 81 San francisco and San pleso
edition of the Pacific Coast iot. The publication oi
Quarterly Notice TO Mariners was continued, ana
character appear monthly. These quarterly ana
monthly notices In addition to the occasional no
formation Of value 10 navisatos they contain all
corrections made on charts during the month o. quar-
ter with lists Of chatts cancelled new editions and
charts In prepn alton
Advance was made In tho special trangdlmion DO:
gun In 1884 At tho request Of tho Commissioners Of
tho Typographical Survey Of tho state Of Msssachu:
sets the surveys asked for by tho Harbor BOARD OF
apd to connect them with the triangulaop wore made
the boundary line between the states of Virginia apd
North Carolina was detcymined. at tho request Of tho
on those sss 'p Eo
Carolina; Saint smons Island. Georgia, and " AtdhE
ial9ya hey LogIsiana ,speeiL examlnstiSn Tss
Of depth due to the effects Of tho earthquake On